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. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue becomes politicized hyperpartisan. >> john: you know, zeke, i'm not a democrat. and i'm pulling my hair out over the fact that these democrats are not pushing back on the benghazi issue at all. i've never seen a terrorist attack exploited for political gain -- well, since they used 9-11 to go into iraq -- seeing how this attack that killed four americans has been exploited to try to tear down a president. to smear this president. after in 2001, we were told united we stand. get behind the commander in chief. now this tragic attack that left four americans dead is being used to smear pretty much
. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue...
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what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this.
what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a...
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we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on. congress back in session and trying to deal with the fiscal cliff. so is president obama. all anybody is talking about is all of the latest with the david petraeus sex scandal. think about it. two generals, two famous generals, two top generals, two women. you got politics involved. you got the military involved. you got maybe national security documents involved. i'm telling you, how long before we see the hollywood movie? which is going to be first? the book or the movie or the tv series? who knows. maybe all three. we'll get into that and a w
we got bill clinton impeached. we're going to impeach this president as well and then john boehner will be president so ha, ha ha. ha ha, ha to you frank. this scandal does not touch barack obama. he didn't know about it. he didn't do it. he had nothing to do with it. eric cantor knew about it. maybe we should impeach eric cantor. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press." this wednesday morning november 14. oh, man. lots going on....
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judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not been murdered obviously. he didn't say anything about that. after the election when we had the hearing he then came out with a report that said by the way, on whitewater and the travel office and the fbi files the clintons did nothing wrong. he was investigating five things. three of them, he exonerated the president totally. there were four pending. three of them -- one was critical. he sent us only the critical ones. they were saying at the time -- i said to him why didn't you -- tell us that? it was basically i'm only here to tell you bad news. but anyway, i felt good abou
judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not...
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bill clinton with nelson mandela's birthday. >> an eye tinkerary. >> it's like there is a new post he has created, which is the post -- i am the post-president. >> right. i think in a way a model was jimmy carter who travels the world, not clearly at the profile that bill clinton has but has had a big agenda a big agenda. i think he uses his presidential library as a launching pad more than having bill clinton has the library in arkansas, but his business base is in new york and his office there. so if you look at what former president w. is up to just his library, well all of this only lets me think, you know, what would the obama post presidency be like? else be so young when he is out of. i don't think so he will slip into anon i am itty. huffington post and keith ellison from min associated a who, despite what michelle bachmann says is not a member of the muslim brotherhood but first. >> but first. >> other headlines making news, lynsanity is done in new york city. can it survive in houston, texas as? nba star reported signing a $23.1 million deal with the rockets after the knicks
bill clinton with nelson mandela's birthday. >> an eye tinkerary. >> it's like there is a new post he has created, which is the post -- i am the post-president. >> right. i think in a way a model was jimmy carter who travels the world, not clearly at the profile that bill clinton has but has had a big agenda a big agenda. i think he uses his presidential library as a launching pad more than having bill clinton has the library in arkansas, but his business base is in new york...
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was there yesterday. >> bill: and bill clinton. don't forget him. it is the "full court press" on wednesday september 12th. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio, and current tv. ♪ clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling. unleashed, joy behar. >> on tonight's show, jesse ventura gets tony danza in a headlock. not really. but they're both on the show. [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] [ orbit girl ] don't let food hang around. yeah! [ orbit trumpet ] clean it up with orbit! [ orbit glint ] fabulous! you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. ctive. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only
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clinton said in charlotte, it's aarithmetic and it doesn't ad up. he had $5 trillion in cuts, plus $2 trillion in defense and wants to continue the bush tax cuts. now we're up to 8 trillion and romney says but trust me, that's not going to add to the deficit because i'm going to have all kind of offsets against deductions which he will not name. president obama said hey you wouldn't take that deal. >> if somebody came to you governor with a plan that said here i want to spend seven or $8 trillion and we're going to pay for it, but we can't tell you until maybe after the election how we're going to do it you wouldn't have taken such a sketchy deal, and neither should you, the american people, because the math doesn't add up. >> bill: i love that. >> sketchy deal! fuzzy math! >> that is a phrase that's going to hang in there sketchy deal. i love that. then the very last question was sort of a lame question, i thought, so what is the worst thing that the other side has said about you in this campaign. i'm paraphrasing. mitt romney said the worst thing
clinton said in charlotte, it's aarithmetic and it doesn't ad up. he had $5 trillion in cuts, plus $2 trillion in defense and wants to continue the bush tax cuts. now we're up to 8 trillion and romney says but trust me, that's not going to add to the deficit because i'm going to have all kind of offsets against deductions which he will not name. president obama said hey you wouldn't take that deal. >> if somebody came to you governor with a plan that said here i want to spend seven or $8...
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remember we played you the sound of it yesterday with former president bill clinton talking about the fact that this was a real show of leadership. the president -- it was a tough decision for him to make but he made the right decision. we got the right results. republicans are saying it is terrible, they're exploiting this for political reporters. one of the reporters yesterday christie parsons from "the chicago tribune" asked whether there might have been too much ex-elsive celebration over this. the president said no, he you -- you haven't seen excessive celebration around here. take a look at what happened and what some of the people who are criticizing the obama administration today, what they said at the time. the president really, really tough. i loved it. here he is. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go in pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people be meant what they said when they said it. that's been at least my practice. i said that i would go after bin laden if we
remember we played you the sound of it yesterday with former president bill clinton talking about the fact that this was a real show of leadership. the president -- it was a tough decision for him to make but he made the right decision. we got the right results. republicans are saying it is terrible, they're exploiting this for political reporters. one of the reporters yesterday christie parsons from "the chicago tribune" asked whether there might have been too much ex-elsive...
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they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the republican debate. other than chris christie, they remember clint eastwood talking to the chair. those kids are paying attention. i think the republicans have lost so many opportunities to be able to make their case. i don't know if you're feeling any of that there in new jersey. >> i don't think there's a case to be made. i mean, they can't give any information about their budget. i'm a senior citizen. to be honest with you i'm deathly afraid of them taking over. >> do you trust the paul ryan medicare plan? he said it's only going to affect people who are under the age of 55. >> no, i don't. i don't. besides that, i have a 40-year-old daughter. she's going to be 55 before too long. i don't want to see her suffer. >> here's the question. many people in america are in the fix the pensions are going away they've lost housing values. their 401k's suffered. they want to take away social security and medicare. everything else people ha
they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the republican debate. other than chris christie, they remember clint eastwood talking to the chair. those kids are paying attention. i think the republicans have lost so many opportunities to be able to make their case. i don't know if you're feeling any of that there in new jersey. >> i don't think there's a case to be made. i mean, they can't give any information about their budget. i'm a...
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clinton in buenos aires and moscow. we are right back after this break. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ dennis ] only allstate puts their money where their mouth is. yup. [ dennis ] claim service so good, it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can always count on them. unlike randy over there. that's one dumb dude. ♪ ♪ the new claim satisfaction guarantee. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the past 10 years, really in the past two years have intensified. pennsylvani
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>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted against it. >>he bragged about voting for the $87 billion to support our troops before he voted against it. >>in this new media age a flip-flop ad is just a verbal gaff away. >>current tv's look at campaign ads that changed history is brought to you by pradaxa. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin,
>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the...
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: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next innovation matters now more than ever. it doesn't matter who you are. she was trying to be cool. she walks in, bonus, bonus bonus, bonus. [ screaming ] by the way in heels, the same height. [ applause ] >> wow.
: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to...
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many support voting against the video, including bill clinton. >> this is president bill clinton. i am calling you to urge to vote against amendment 1. >> i am going to be voting against it. >> the president recorded it leaders held a rally. progressive blogger pam spalding reports that the naacp lgbt and progressive groups are working together and that collaboration should continue beyond this particular fight. we have much more bill press coming up. you can join us online to talk about this and everything else at current.com/billpress. we will see you weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. >> ♪♪ >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> newt gingrich says it is inconceivable that mitt romney would ever pick him as his vice presidential running mate. what do you know? newt gingrich finally says something that makes sense. >> hello, everybody. a great big monday morning. good to see you tod
many support voting against the video, including bill clinton. >> this is president bill clinton. i am calling you to urge to vote against amendment 1. >> i am going to be voting against it. >> the president recorded it leaders held a rally. progressive blogger pam spalding reports that the naacp lgbt and progressive groups are working together and that collaboration should continue beyond this particular fight. we have much more bill press coming up. you can join us online to...
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. >> of all of those alive, only bill clinton will be app tending the democratic convention this here. >> bill: wow. >> yeah, not a lot of happy memories about the last administration. >> bill: and there was some buzz that there might be a mystery speaker. have you heard anything about that and what is your guess? >> well the republican national committee put a to-be-announced item on their agenda. there was some speculation that it might be clint eastwood. >> bill: uh-huh. >> so who knows. i just -- i think i'm allowed to sincerely hope that it is not donald trump. [ laughter ] >> bill: that would be one way to destroy everything they might have accomplished in tampa, it seems to me. >> yeah. >> bill: hey, reid i'll see you in charlotte when i'll be living out of my suitcase but thanks a lot for your time. >> thanks a lot, bill. >> bill: your calls at 866-55-press. we'll take a quick break and then come back. i'm sure you did what i did despite our better judgment, we stayed up late watching chris christie and ann romney. i didn't think ann romney did such a great job. yeah, she is a
. >> of all of those alive, only bill clinton will be app tending the democratic convention this here. >> bill: wow. >> yeah, not a lot of happy memories about the last administration. >> bill: and there was some buzz that there might be a mystery speaker. have you heard anything about that and what is your guess? >> well the republican national committee put a to-be-announced item on their agenda. there was some speculation that it might be clint eastwood....
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jimmy carter george bush and bill clinton have also been there. obama paid cash for five chili dogs, four regular dogs and a cheese burger according to the white house pool report. >> did anybody else get anything. >> buying for jay carney and valerie jarrod but that's not confirmed. >> five chili dogs? >> four hot dogs and a cheese burger. >> to be fair, i will say this having been to the varsity many times and i was just there the other day or just a few months ago, i should say. not the other day. but their dogs are not very big. their chili dogs are not very big. they do have the regional specialty there known as the chili slaw dog and it's got chili and a bunch of cole slaw. >> you have to feel sick if you get one of those. >> a man who enjoys a chili dog, former michael phelps lost in the men's 40 omidley at the trials yesterday. he didn't lose. he just came in second. the world's record. >> second place, first lose other. >> >>. >> beaten by ryan lofty. they will head to the olympics. lofty has some catching up to do. phelps won 14 gold med
jimmy carter george bush and bill clinton have also been there. obama paid cash for five chili dogs, four regular dogs and a cheese burger according to the white house pool report. >> did anybody else get anything. >> buying for jay carney and valerie jarrod but that's not confirmed. >> five chili dogs? >> four hot dogs and a cheese burger. >> to be fair, i will say this having been to the varsity many times and i was just there the other day or just a few months...
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i mean bill clinton was white but he was the first african-american president. >> absolutely. >> bill: mitt romney is white white, white white white. okay. no way relates. yet he says look me over! >> romney: if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you're looking at him. >> c'mon! >> romney: take a look. [ laughter ] >> bill: you take a look! look at me! here i am! just take a look! you could hear people. they were laughing. they weren't applauding. oh yeah, you're the man. they were laughing at him. [ laughter ] >> romney: you take a look. >> so nervous. he knew what he said was total bs. it was just kind of like -- did he really just say that? >> romney: you take a look! >> bill: you want to see me dressage horse? >> romney: you take a look! >> want to see my offshore bank accounts? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: want to see my 75 foot powerboat? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: you want to see my car elevator? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: you could go on and on. we ought to make a spot for the obama campaign. >> romne
i mean bill clinton was white but he was the first african-american president. >> absolutely. >> bill: mitt romney is white white, white white white. okay. no way relates. yet he says look me over! >> romney: if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you're looking at him. >> c'mon! >> romney: take a look. [ laughter ] >> bill: you take a look! look at me! here i am! just take a look! you could hear people. they...
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he has bill clinton. >> sounds like she's had enough campaigning. she said if romney doesn't win the white house this time, they are done running for president. we are live in chat, see you there. commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> now that's politially direct. >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at 7 eastern. only on current tv. build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home his work here is done. destroy time machine. win some awards, send in brady. that's how you do it. eas
he has bill clinton. >> sounds like she's had enough campaigning. she said if romney doesn't win the white house this time, they are done running for president. we are live in chat, see you there. commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> now that's politially direct. >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally...
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james carville whom we all know bill clinton's campaign manager in 1992. to stir things tup says he thinks the best think that could happen to barage obama would be for the supreme court to overturn the healthcare bill because costs would go up, insurance and they would have to reassure the president's re-election. >> i have a lot of respect for james. he is a very good friend as is mary honestly but my view is i just think we need to get on with healthcare. this bill is really transformative and that's what i believe. i will tell you it's probably my proudest moment was being able to cast a vote for the healthcare bill. it changes people's lives. we have been trying to do that for a long time. >> for a very, very long time. it talks about prevention. it talks about trying to bring down the cost of healthcare. it increases the coverage for people, for women, you and i have talked about this. it is testimonyative in making sure that women's healthy becomes on a par with healthcare in this country. while there may be political advantage down the road. i thin
james carville whom we all know bill clinton's campaign manager in 1992. to stir things tup says he thinks the best think that could happen to barage obama would be for the supreme court to overturn the healthcare bill because costs would go up, insurance and they would have to reassure the president's re-election. >> i have a lot of respect for james. he is a very good friend as is mary honestly but my view is i just think we need to get on with healthcare. this bill is really...
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i would like to think that bill clinton could get on a plane and make it all better. i'm not sure he could. good morning kathleen. >> caller: these four people got killed before they said that some words was taken out of a report. they talking about -- al-qaeda was taken out and should have been put in. but what about the words that bush and cheney spoke before thousands of people lost their lives? where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john: who? who? you mean shut up micah. >> caller: well, micah will sit there and act like she is scared. >> john: poo-poo, micah. thank god she was never married to ike turner because she never would have left. >> caller: we were still suffering from that lie that they told. >> john: yes! >> caller: where don't they get on that boo jazz! >> john: yes testify! jon mccain and lindsay graham love war. as long as it's someone else's kids going off to do it, they love war. and it makes them look tough when their own party has no use for them. they are use any arrow or their quiver to build this up. >
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. >> bill: so bill clinton even weighed in yesterday in the middle of the clinton global initiative on the nfl refs controversy, so it was -- bill clinton, barack obama, paul ryan, mitt romney at some point % said something about it. finally something that all americans can agree on yeah except the stupid nfl owners. jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his opportunity to ask one of his football owner friends to fix the problem. >> bill: good point. he is the guy that identifies with the nfl owners not the players, right? >> caller: exactly. >> bill: good point. if anybody can get those guys together it is mitt romney. they are his buds. and dan snyder i mentioned him. he is giving a fund raiser for mitt romney at his house. there you go. joanne in phoenix, arizona. hi, joanne. >> caller: hi, bill. how is your son and your wife? >> bill: everybody is good why? >> caller: i'm glad to hear that. i remember seeing you years ago when you said that w came up to your
. >> bill: so bill clinton even weighed in yesterday in the middle of the clinton global initiative on the nfl refs controversy, so it was -- bill clinton, barack obama, paul ryan, mitt romney at some point % said something about it. finally something that all americans can agree on yeah except the stupid nfl owners. jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his...
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the second thing is these guys always want to spend they're time on jimmy carter and bill clinton but as soon as we dig up george bush and his failures, they start crying like babies. i don't get it. >> bill: now, that is a good point. they'll always come back. especially romney. romney's really trying to make the jimmy carter connection, right? he said that even jimmy carter would have made this decision and then yesterday he came out and said -- compared obama's economic policies to jimmy carter's economic policies, right? now i don't want to dump on jimmy carter but barack obama's got a hel of a lot more effective in bringing this economy back than jimmy carter had been. absolutely. hey, greg, appreciate hearing from you. good points. i'm glad you added that. that in fact, if you look at the bush/cheney team, rumsfeld, the quarterback, they did blow it twice. first at tora bora and then secondly the raid in pakistan in 2005 that glen rush wrote about. out in the state of illinois, we have gary. >> caller: good morning, how you doing? >> bill: i'm doing good. what's up? >> caller: i
the second thing is these guys always want to spend they're time on jimmy carter and bill clinton but as soon as we dig up george bush and his failures, they start crying like babies. i don't get it. >> bill: now, that is a good point. they'll always come back. especially romney. romney's really trying to make the jimmy carter connection, right? he said that even jimmy carter would have made this decision and then yesterday he came out and said -- compared obama's economic policies to...
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clinton. and she talks about the difference in the level of experience between the two candidates. >> what we have in this campaign is a president who has four years of serious accomplishments with a vice president who has had vast experience over his entire lifetime. facing two people, governor romney, and congressman ryan who have zero experience in national security. >> bill: she is right, isn't she? >> yes, they have less experience than what has been seen for many years. and the question for governor romney to answer is why that doesn't matter and why he can make enough of an argument of why president obama and joe biden are not putting things on track with their record. >> bill: when you look at obama's record on foreign policy, how good it is? >> i'll let people judge that. what governor romney says is he has taken america from the role of prominence and leading than what he would like america to have. but president obama says there are more people aligned with the american vision than
clinton. and she talks about the difference in the level of experience between the two candidates. >> what we have in this campaign is a president who has four years of serious accomplishments with a vice president who has had vast experience over his entire lifetime. facing two people, governor romney, and congressman ryan who have zero experience in national security. >> bill: she is right, isn't she? >> yes, they have less experience than what has been seen for many years....
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clinton saying obama had done the right thing. i think that's fair game? >> if you consider this election is a choice between two men and the kind of decisions they would make in national security situation, it's absolutely fair game. you have to -- listen to what the president's words were the other day we press conference with the japanese prime minister minister. >> he said i take candidates at their word. mitt romney said he would not cross the border into the pakistan and get bad guys. why would we believe him yesterday when he is sitting with rudy giuliani saying yeah, i would have made that same decision. real profile in courage to say that over a slice of pepperoni pizza as opposed to being in the situation room, sitting there with, you know hillary clinton and joe biden and the national security team and actually having to make a tough call. >> it did look like a little bit of whine okay their part. didn't it -- whining? didn't it, julie. >> yes. if president bush had gotten bid lauden we would hear it morning noon and ni
clinton saying obama had done the right thing. i think that's fair game? >> if you consider this election is a choice between two men and the kind of decisions they would make in national security situation, it's absolutely fair game. you have to -- listen to what the president's words were the other day we press conference with the japanese prime minister minister. >> he said i take candidates at their word. mitt romney said he would not cross the border into the pakistan and get...
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>> bill: it's math, arithmetic. >> it's arithmetic, i love that. >> bill: the 47%. >> the bill clinton thing it's arithmetic. but pinning romney down, it's like trying to glue jell-o to a sponge. there's no, you know, it's... >> bill: but, you know, sacred heart high school in san francisco where i used to teach and where i was the debate coach in high school there right the rule is if somebody tells a big fat lie and you don't shoot it down that lie stands, so the people watching television hear mitt romney tell these lies and obama doesn't respond. people think romney's telling the truth. >> he's got to do pants on fire. >> bill: always good to have you in studio. >> check my e book. >> bill: we'll put a link on our website. i'll be back with a quick parting shot. thanks. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the big. >> bill: on this monday, october 15, my parting shot for the day as my days her
>> bill: it's math, arithmetic. >> it's arithmetic, i love that. >> bill: the 47%. >> the bill clinton thing it's arithmetic. but pinning romney down, it's like trying to glue jell-o to a sponge. there's no, you know, it's... >> bill: but, you know, sacred heart high school in san francisco where i used to teach and where i was the debate coach in high school there right the rule is if somebody tells a big fat lie and you don't shoot it down that lie stands, so the...
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the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s, republicans argue that helped the economy. it wasn't all just bill clinton and his tax rates. there are multiple sides to that coin. i think that you could kind of argue both sides there. >> bill: all right. well thank you steven for joining us. we don't argue both sides on this show. uh-huh. i think that eight years of bill clinton and 22 million new jobs and eight years of sustained economic growth speaks loudly and is all of the proof that we need. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i w
the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s,...
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it reminds me of the impeachment of bill clinton. again, what cleninton did was wrong. what clinton did was not fitting of a president of the united states. so he should have been reprimanded somehow or should have been scolded. whatever. but they have to take it at that time. they took it all the way. right? to this ken star in there writing this salacious report, all of these hearings, and then i am paetsch impeaching him and the senate trial where he was found not guilty. it ended up, bill clinton's stock went up higher and higher and higher with the american people because the republicans were over playing their hand. they are doing the same thing dodd with eric holder. again it all flared yesterday in this hearing of the senate judiciary committee where first of all on the leaks and republicans are tying these two together. the hearing was about the fast and furious the second item we will get to but republicans tie this leak investigation to it and they are apoplectic because eric holder will not appoint a special counsel. they want another ken star. they want ano
it reminds me of the impeachment of bill clinton. again, what cleninton did was wrong. what clinton did was not fitting of a president of the united states. so he should have been reprimanded somehow or should have been scolded. whatever. but they have to take it at that time. they took it all the way. right? to this ken star in there writing this salacious report, all of these hearings, and then i am paetsch impeaching him and the senate trial where he was found not guilty. it ended up, bill...
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bill clinton for sure. joe biden for sure and michelle obama. >> michelle, i have never loved you more, i have never been prouder that watch the rest of america fall in love with you too, as our nation's first lady. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: a great moment there. the president saying last night listen i have not maybe been the perfect president. he always says that, but i was listening to what you wanted me to do and i tried to do my best. >> obama: whether i earned our vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you and you've made me a better president. >> bill: and just jump in here to the very final words. this is the president his last campaign event of his career. >> obama: we are and forever will be the united states of america and together with your help and god's grace, we will continue our journey forward you and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. thank you america. god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: very great moment last
bill clinton for sure. joe biden for sure and michelle obama. >> michelle, i have never loved you more, i have never been prouder that watch the rest of america fall in love with you too, as our nation's first lady. [ cheers and applause ] >> bill: a great moment there. the president saying last night listen i have not maybe been the perfect president. he always says that, but i was listening to what you wanted me to do and i tried to do my best. >> obama: whether i earned our...
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-- thanks to bill clinton. we remember the patriot act, dick cheney. we remember september 11th happened on your watch, dick cheney and we remember the economic crash of 2008, the biggest, the worst economic drafter for this country since the great depression which came about because of your policies your policies and george w. bush's policies, dick cheney, and then he has the gall to say that barak obama's presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. you know what? i don't know about you. if there is anything, if there is anything that inspires us to get off of our butt and go out there and work as hard as we can to get barack obama re-elected, it's dick cheney. first of all, it's one of the -- sort after tradition, you look at george h.w. bush bill clinton, george w. bush, dan quayle, they basically they realized their time was up. they got moved to the sidelines and they just shut the hell up for the next four years. uh-uh. not dick cheney. not dick cheney. first of all, he ought to shut up
-- thanks to bill clinton. we remember the patriot act, dick cheney. we remember september 11th happened on your watch, dick cheney and we remember the economic crash of 2008, the biggest, the worst economic drafter for this country since the great depression which came about because of your policies your policies and george w. bush's policies, dick cheney, and then he has the gall to say that barak obama's presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. you know what? i don't...
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>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted >>he bragged about voting for the $87 billion to support our troops before he voted against it. >>in this new media age a flip-flop ad is just a verbal gaff away. >>current tv's look at campaign ads that changed history is brought to you by pradaxa. now >> this is the full court press, the bill press show, live on your radio and on current tv. >> now it's a beautiful wednesday morning, here in our nation's capitol. good to have you with us for the full-court press 33 minutes after the hour now. a lot to cover today including this disturbing news from what's happening in syria and
>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the...
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interesting that it is even that high. 66% of people have a favorable view of president bill clinton. george bush sr. at 59% and carter is at 54%. we're back with more after the break. stay with us. with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining the new slogan should be "we own wall street." that's my view. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's ok. i've played a pilot before. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix. also available in peanut butter. >>the dominoes are starting to fall. (vo) former two term governor, jennifer
interesting that it is even that high. 66% of people have a favorable view of president bill clinton. george bush sr. at 59% and carter is at 54%. we're back with more after the break. stay with us. with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining the new slogan should be "we own wall street." that's my view. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards...
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bill clinton and now john edwards but a cabaret artist said good grief. he is a scoundrel and deserves whatever he gets. please, enough, jerry johnson as in investigate john edwards deal with money. don't investigate george bush dealing with murder. from bill fulpe, thank you for the conversation you provide in the morning. it's such a releaseief from morning joe. carl davenport yesterday on energy and environment was such a delight from the shows typically on the morning shows. he was providing intelligent information, not an agenda we love hearingingly from you. keep the e-mails coming. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning. good morning. it is tuesday, april 24th. great to see you today. welcome to the full-court press, your new morning show on current tv. i am bill press. liberal and proud of it. here we go with our morning town hall talking the bic stories of the day, more outrage out of sanford, florida, where last night, the city commission refused to accept the resignation of police chief bill lee even though this is the guy who cond
bill clinton and now john edwards but a cabaret artist said good grief. he is a scoundrel and deserves whatever he gets. please, enough, jerry johnson as in investigate john edwards deal with money. don't investigate george bush dealing with murder. from bill fulpe, thank you for the conversation you provide in the morning. it's such a releaseief from morning joe. carl davenport yesterday on energy and environment was such a delight from the shows typically on the morning shows. he was...
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during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there were too many kids running around to be cooking. >> peter: how the mighty have fallen. >> photographed pumping his gas since he has no entourage to the pump it for him. >> a sad story, nothing to do. >> peter: i don't feel that bad about it. hanging out with his car elevator taking rides. spiritists one of his many homes. >> the author of the hunger games trilogy is taking a break by writing a children's picture book an auto guy graphic piece about coping with her father's military service in vietnam as told through pictures. >> bill: all right, dan, thank you. all of the talk on the sunday shows yesterday and talk here in
during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there...
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bill clinton, same thing. jimmy carter. let's go down the list. not all but former governors have kind of surpassed being a senator or a member of congress. in fact, remember one of the things about barack obama was no senator has been elected since john f. kennedy so it ain't gonna happen. proof we're not always right about these things either. julie mason is in studio with us. a pro and good friend with the sirius x.m. p.o.t.u.s. channel from noon to 3:00 east coast right? >> mm-hmm. >> bill: every day. >> channel 124. >> bill: sirius x.m. here on the "full court press" as a "friend of bill" today. we'll be right back and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no.
bill clinton, same thing. jimmy carter. let's go down the list. not all but former governors have kind of surpassed being a senator or a member of congress. in fact, remember one of the things about barack obama was no senator has been elected since john f. kennedy so it ain't gonna happen. proof we're not always right about these things either. julie mason is in studio with us. a pro and good friend with the sirius x.m. p.o.t.u.s. channel from noon to 3:00 east coast right? >> mm-hmm....
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i think there are some legitimate issues with eric holder but it's like there were issues with bill clinton, too, but to take it to the extreme of impeaching the president of the united states, to take this to the extreme of holding -- not trying to get in contempt of congress. they can't help themselves. >> the hardest thing in politics is to not swing at every pitch. the republicans are making a mistake by going after this when they should talk about the economy and try to help americans get jobs. >> very good point because right now, they say, this job, instead, what do we have to talk about? birth control? >> yes. >> student loans and now it's eric holder, contempt of congress. what are they going to talk about? >> healthcare. they don't have a healthcare plan for all of their, you know, complaints about obama care, they don't have a plan to insure 30 million americans. now we have 3 million children on who have now been covered under the healthcare plan as of this week when it kicks in. so from people up to age 26, from kids to college graduates who can't get a job staying on thank you
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perhaps most notably bill clinton. the romney camp is featuring clinton's welfare reform in a series of new ads against the president. but today team obama is taking clinton back for themselves. here he is in a new ad called fair choice. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground, up. investing in innovation, education and job training. >> that ad starts running today in eight key states including florida, ohio and virginia. this week marks the anniversary of president clinton's welfare reform. even though major fact checking groups say romney's welfare ads are totally false, he is still sticking by those claims. romney's surrogate john sununu is weighing in as well saying obama is weakening work requirements. of course, we know that isn't true. the president's plan actually aims to add 20% more people to the work force. and going back to what john has been
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clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's worth and they are going to continue to do it. and so i just don't see. i think theat was in the past where they focused grouped this. they see it's making the rounds doing well. people like it. you saw the president saying we are not going to apologize for any of this. you know, he has the right to know who mitt romney is and so, he's going to keep saying that. i think they are pretty strong in that message. >> very similar. i understand that, you know, for awhile, the obama campaign studied what happened to john kerry in
clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's...
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so bill clinton adopted the policy. it was pretty clear early on it was not working. and president obama vowed that he was going to end it. it took him three years to end it. but he did. but in that runup to ending it, remember what we heard from everybody was this is horrible. this is going to ruin the military. there was a letter signed by more than 1,000 military officers who said repeal of don't ask don't tell, would undermine recruiting efforts negatively affect troop readiness and eventually break break the all volunteer force. that's what we heard from a thousand military people before. and of course, president obama refused to go along with that. he refused to listen to them. he had the pentagon do its own study which said that they were ready for this. and it would not have an adverse impact on recruiting, et cetera. would not get -- interfere with the ability of the military to do their job or the esprit decore of the military so he signed the repeal last september. even so, right-wingers didn't give up. remember during the primaries this was a big issue. ri
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director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think of course she would be well qualified as secretary of state. but i feel bill clinton and al gore are such tremendous assets that -- >> john: this is my favorite call of the day so far. i have to break it up. i'm not sure i'm with you as susan rice for c.i.a. i don't know what her law enforcement or espionage or counter terrorism credentials are. >> caller: well, being with the nsa, her background there. i mean how qualified was petraeus for c.i.a. head? i'm thinking she is -- an international expert but also it would diffuse the whole issue of the nomination for secretary of state, you know, all of this flak that has been
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>> john: bill clinton was an appetizer. granholm owned it. we'll have governor eliot spitzer what for my money is leading a master class on wall street and corporate crime on his show, "viewpoint." cenk uygur of "the young turks." i'll be there. your tweets as well. it won't be as huge and expansive a tweet screen filling up the entire frame but your tweets will be on screen throughout the debate. while we comment over the candidates, you will be able to see your comments. i will be tweeting for current tv from their twitter handle during the debate doing my best to make mr. gore violently upset. we'll be taking your calls when we come back at 1-866-55-press. want to know what you think mitt romney can do. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> john: it is the "bill press show" on your radio and your computer and current tv, i'm john fuglesang filling in for bill all morning. so much going on here on tuesday, october 2nd from the scott brown/elizabeth warren debate which the clear loser david gregory. did paul ryan
>> john: bill clinton was an appetizer. granholm owned it. we'll have governor eliot spitzer what for my money is leading a master class on wall street and corporate crime on his show, "viewpoint." cenk uygur of "the young turks." i'll be there. your tweets as well. it won't be as huge and expansive a tweet screen filling up the entire frame but your tweets will be on screen throughout the debate. while we comment over the candidates, you will be able to see your...
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bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is nothing legitimate about the a rapist but to rather, i was putting that in, in the wrong place, making the point, that there were people who use false claims like those that basically created roe versus wade. what an idiot. the two are not connected. right? the first thing he said was, quoting this doctor john wilke who is a nutball doctor. by the way, that mitt romney has as a supporter and endorser and mitt romney says he is his go-to person on issues of abortion. the same nutball that todd akin follows, and todd akin says a woman who is raped is not going
bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is...
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administration, you remember this, started to give an after -- the after party. >> bill: the best party of -- i took jerry brown to his party. >> do you remember it was in his apartment at the wyoming. and you would walk in and it was -- it was just sort of wall to wall bold-faced names but it was fun and intimate. then it got to big -- so big they had to move it ironically across the street to the russian trade federation. >> bill: hold that thought too. take another quick break and we'll come right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. eliot spitzer joins the new news network. >>we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious and not based on simplistic answers. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. >> bill: wrapping up here this hour and president obama spending a night in los angeles. he takes off today for reno, nevada to give a jobs speech in reno and back in washington, d.c. christopher buckley has been our
administration, you remember this, started to give an after -- the after party. >> bill: the best party of -- i took jerry brown to his party. >> do you remember it was in his apartment at the wyoming. and you would walk in and it was -- it was just sort of wall to wall bold-faced names but it was fun and intimate. then it got to big -- so big they had to move it ironically across the street to the russian trade federation. >> bill: hold that thought too. take another quick...
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i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up with anything that makes sense because romney has $5 trillion -- $5 billion in tax cuts on top of which he's got another billion dollars in -- i'm sorry trillion. $5 trillion in tax cuts. another trillion getting rid of the bush tax cuts and $2 trl in more spending for the pentagon. the president said that's $8 trillion and there's no way he's going to come up with enough getting rid of enough loopholes or deductions to make up for that. so it doesn't add up. nobody can make it add up. and greg from denver, colorado. hello, greg, good morning. >> caller: how you
i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up...
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act. >> of course, bill clinton wasn't actually black. i was shocked to learn. [ laughter ] yeah, no, i think it works. i think it is fine. i don't think it is going to ruffle too many feathers. >> bill: it just proves that today almost -- you can do or say -- >> you can make a joke about it. whatever. >> bill: you can do or say anything. we all know what it is there for. to sell magazines. >> do you have to be impressed with carney about taking the 50 some questions about the gay marriage issue. that's a lot of stamina. >> bill: i was more impressed with the press corps not letting him squirm. not letting him off the hook. >> it does seem that was part of the pivot point in their decision about how quickly to roll things out. you know, yes. do they see the biden transcript on friday before it aired on sunday? did they have a sense they might have to jump? sure but when the entire front row and every network anchor says -- nobody believes it. i mean that was -- and it was broadly the sentiment of everyone in the pressroom for the past yea
act. >> of course, bill clinton wasn't actually black. i was shocked to learn. [ laughter ] yeah, no, i think it works. i think it is fine. i don't think it is going to ruffle too many feathers. >> bill: it just proves that today almost -- you can do or say -- >> you can make a joke about it. whatever. >> bill: you can do or say anything. we all know what it is there for. to sell magazines. >> do you have to be impressed with carney about taking the 50 some...
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on behalf of bill clinton, in the middle east, i would love to get your debate -- or your comments on the debate monday night when mitt romney said our entire policy in the middle east is falling apart, and obama doesn't know what he is doing there. well, both are inaccurate of course. first the notion that upheaval and dispute and crisis in the middle east is something brand new is completely contradicted by history. >> bill: wright. >> this is a long-standing conflict, and it is going to continue. one of the silliest statements made in the campaign was that if governor romney is elected president there won't be these upheavals in the middle east. they are going to happen no matter who is president for a long time to come as they have for a long time in the past. the real challenge is for the president to support and establish democratic institutions in the region to help the moderates in the region who are engaged in an internal struggle themselves. and we can do that in a positive and constructive way, but we cannot -- the future of egypt should be decided by egyptians and so on. i
on behalf of bill clinton, in the middle east, i would love to get your debate -- or your comments on the debate monday night when mitt romney said our entire policy in the middle east is falling apart, and obama doesn't know what he is doing there. well, both are inaccurate of course. first the notion that upheaval and dispute and crisis in the middle east is something brand new is completely contradicted by history. >> bill: wright. >> this is a long-standing conflict, and it is...
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>> bill: big controversy you know. >> they're very socially responsible. >> all former president clinton wants to do is drive. ellen degeneres asked him yesterday what's the one -- [ laughter ] what's the one thing that he wants to do that he can't because of who he is and that is to get behind the wheel of a car. he says if he wanted to give up secret service protection, he could drive but a good second place for him he says is he makes them let him drive the golf carts whenever he plays golf. >> bill: yeah. that makes a difference, right? >> tomorrow afternoon the fastest two minutes in sports, the 138th running of the kentucky derby. post time at 6:28 p.m. eastern at churchill downs. 3-year-old thoroughbreds scheduled. if you want a chance to win big put your money on optimizer rousing sermon, done talking liaison. they're all going off at 50 to one. >> liaison. i wonder whose horse that one is. >> bill: john edwards? 11 minutes after the hour now. david shuster, so much to talk about. i'm sure you were up all night talking about osama bin laden's latest -- the release yesterday up at
>> bill: big controversy you know. >> they're very socially responsible. >> all former president clinton wants to do is drive. ellen degeneres asked him yesterday what's the one -- [ laughter ] what's the one thing that he wants to do that he can't because of who he is and that is to get behind the wheel of a car. he says if he wanted to give up secret service protection, he could drive but a good second place for him he says is he makes them let him drive the golf carts...
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bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak tonight. this is the time-warner cable arena. joe biden, john kerry will speak and many others. then thursday night the whole show moves to the 74,000 seat bank of america arena. there are two challenges there. one is to fill it up. 74,000 people. and the other of course, is to hope that it doesn't rain. we were told yesterday that they're preparing for all -- they're preparing to hold the event there rain or shine. but they're also making contingency plans. we're never sure quite what that means. some 5500 delegates. the oldest delegate to
bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak...
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everybody has been really impressed with hillary clinton, both -- >> >> bill: phenomenal career. >> the job she has done and just hanging in there, day-in and day-out getting the work done. she is a remarkable person just her durability. her steadfastness. >> i think she would make a great president. it's a long time between now and then. >> so much can happen. >> between now and then. you know, let's focus on the issues of the day here right? and and it may be we will talk about the mid-term. then we can get into 2016. >> showing great restraint, bill. >> fiscal cliff and guns. i want to get your take on both of those, congressman, but first, dan's got some of the other big stories of the day. >> the full court press >> dan: i do. well, we've got actor been after flection aflec and now how about senator ben aflec. cps saying his name is floated around for the massachusetts senate seat that may open up. the actor is in d.c. today speaking to the house armed services committee on security issues in the congo. he did campaign for elizabeth warren in her senate campaign. no word if he is i
everybody has been really impressed with hillary clinton, both -- >> >> bill: phenomenal career. >> the job she has done and just hanging in there, day-in and day-out getting the work done. she is a remarkable person just her durability. her steadfastness. >> i think she would make a great president. it's a long time between now and then. >> so much can happen. >> between now and then. you know, let's focus on the issues of the day here right? and and it may...
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new details out from the democratic national convention where bill clinton will have a major roll this year. president obama personally asked him to speak hoping to take advantage of his popularity and to remind voters of the last time the economy was driving, a democrat was in the white house. he is speaking september 5th, night before president obama formally accepts the nomination. on the republican side george bush has endorsed romney but he is not involved in the campaign and says he does not plan to attend the rnc. with less than 100 days left before the election candidates will work to win over independent voters. the president is campaigning at the hotel in new york city, over the weekend, the obama campaign hosted thousands of small events, including barbecues for barack. live in chat current.com/bill press. [ music ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and a
new details out from the democratic national convention where bill clinton will have a major roll this year. president obama personally asked him to speak hoping to take advantage of his popularity and to remind voters of the last time the economy was driving, a democrat was in the white house. he is speaking september 5th, night before president obama formally accepts the nomination. on the republican side george bush has endorsed romney but he is not involved in the campaign and says he does...
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clinton's campaign manager in 1992, either to stir things up or whatever, he is out this morning saying he thinks the best thing that could happen to barack obama would be for the supreme court to overturn the health care bill because costs would go up. insurance would go up. republicans would own it, and democrats would get so mad that they would really get out there and really work hard to reassure the president's re-election. >> look, i have a lot of respect for james. he is a very very good friend, and as is mary honestly and so, but my view is i just think that we need to get on with health care. >> yeah. >> this bill is really transformative. >> that's what i believe. i would say probably one of my proudstest moments on the floor of the house was being able to cast a vote for the health care bill. it changes people's lives. we have been trying to do that. >> for a long time? >> for a very, very long time. and theit talks about prevention, talks about bringing down the cost. it increases coverage for people. women, you and i have talked about this it is transformative in making sur
clinton's campaign manager in 1992, either to stir things up or whatever, he is out this morning saying he thinks the best thing that could happen to barack obama would be for the supreme court to overturn the health care bill because costs would go up. insurance would go up. republicans would own it, and democrats would get so mad that they would really get out there and really work hard to reassure the president's re-election. >> look, i have a lot of respect for james. he is a very...
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we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >> bill: republicans have gotten religion over revenues and over the pledge and they really haven't when you look at it. let me suggest something else. this is really i know radical, okay. obama won, romney lost. why are we even having this discussion. >> it's interesting, their proposal will become income brackets where they are and just change the deductions. basically the romney campaign's tax -- [ technical difficulties ] >> bill: the mortgage interest deduction, right? health care, perhaps, child care. so republicans are really saying that we'll -- i hate to use this phrase, because it's almost cliche, but we will avoid the fiscal cli
we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >>...